tallness
tallness noun: the quality or characteristic of being tall.
Noun
tallness (usually uncountable, plural tallnesses)
- The quality or characteristic of being tall.
- The long, skimpy soutane accentuated the tallness of his stature; […] and the straight, black bar of his joined eyebrows[…] suggested something unlawful behind his priesthood, the idea of a chaplain of bandits.1904 January 29 – October 7, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard, London; New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], published 1904, →OCLC
tallness meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Kannada
tallness in Tamil
- tallness
- நெட்டை neṭṭai
tallness in Urdu
- درازی, لمبائی, اونچائی
tallness in Telugu
- tallness, height
- ఉన్నతము unnatamu, ఉన్నతి unnati
tallness in Kannada
- ಎತ್ತರವಾಗಿರುವಿಕೆ, ಉದ್ದವಾಗಿರುವಿಕೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- tallness in Odia
- ଡେଙ୍ଗା ḍeṅgā
Forms of tallness
| plural | tallnesses |
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Origin of tallness
From tall + -ness.
Questions about tallness
- What does tallness mean?
- Tallness means the quality or characteristic of being tall.
- What is tallness in Tamil?
- Tallness in Tamil is நெட்டை (neṭṭai). See Tallness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tallness?
- Tallness is a noun.
- What is the plural of tallness?
- The plural of tallness is tallnesses.
Words near tallness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tallness (page history and authors); நெட்டை (Tamil) (page history and authors); tallness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఉన్నతము (Telugu) (page history and authors); tallness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଡେଙ୍ଗା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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